Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Decoration Works
Authority: Progress Housing Group (Housing)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Contract is for the provision of Decoration Works, including internal and external painting and decorating services to occupied and void residential properties, communal areas, independent living schemes, supported living accommodation and other properties owned or managed by Progress Housing Group (the "Services")
CPV: Decoration work · Painting work · Painting work of buildings · Repainting work
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£6,925,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Responsive, Voids & Planned Decoration WorksRenewalPublished value£6,725,000
This lot covers the provision of responsive and planned decoration works to residential, communal, and associated properties. The successful contractor will be required to deliver internal and external painting and decorating services, including surface preparation, repairs to decorative finishes, application of paints, stains and specialist coatings, wallpapering where required, and associated making-good works.
Works will be undertaken across occupied and void properties, communal areas, offices, and other assets owned or managed by the Authority. The contractor shall provide sufficient resources to respond to day-to-day maintenance requirements as well as larger planned programmes of work, ensuring services are delivered in accordance with agreed performance standards, quality requirements, and programme timescales.
Lot #2Complaints & Ad-hoc Decoration WorksRenewalPublished value£200,000
This lot covers the provision of reactive decoration works arising from customer complaints, service failures, disrepair matters, insurance claims, tenancy issues, and other ad-hoc requirements. The successful contractor will be required to undertake internal and external painting and decorating works, including associated preparation, making-good, stain blocking, mould treatment decorating works, and reinstatement of decorative finishes.
Works are expected to be completed within challenging timescales and may require close liaison with residents, housing officers, repairs teams, and other stakeholders to resolve issues promptly and maintain customer satisfaction. The contractor shall provide a flexible and responsive service capable of addressing urgent and unplanned requirements across the Authority's housing stock and other property assets.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical & Quality: 40%
- Cost: 50%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical & Quality
- Social Value
- Cost
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected: about £79,912 – ~£2,687,055 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Progress Housing Group buys Painting and glazing work (CPV 4544), and who usually turns up
Progress Housing Group’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Painting and glazing work (CPV 4544) →
How the contest usually goes
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 20 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 0%
2–30% / 21%
4–633% / 30%
7+50% / 49%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate33% / 44%
Within ±2%17% / 28%
Above estimate50% / 28%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Responsive, Voids & Planned Decoration WorksCPV 45Published estimate£6.7m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–316%
4–641%
7+39%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£6.6m–£7.7m
Estimate£6.7m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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IAN WILLIAMSLarge | £519m61 awards in 36m · last this month | 9 live · £35m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 |
| £79m108 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 10 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=30 | |
| £356k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £214k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £7.1m67 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £927k9 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 |
Lot #2Complaints & Ad-hoc Decoration WorksCPV 45Published estimate£200k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 45. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–327%
4–639%
7+30%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 1 comparable award. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£180k–£243k
Estimate£200k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.4bn61 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% above n=9 | |
IAN WILLIAMSLarge | £519m61 awards in 36m · last this month | 9 live · £35m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=15 |
| £79m108 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 10 live · £28m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=30 | |
| £35m8 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £34m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £3.0m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:24 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
50.13 - 50.15 (A)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100546- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078edbFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published1 day ago23 Oct 2026, 12:24 BST
- Tender notice published1 day ago23 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Next notice expectedtoday25 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
- Clarification questions byin 20 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 30 days23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 79 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Oct 2026- Planned procurement notice published23 Oct 2026, 12:24 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Oct 2026, 13:58 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published23 Oct 2026, 14:20 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active23 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
- Deadline moved to 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT23 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST+0 days · was 23 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender